Reign Of Assassins
John Woo is returning with another film of his genre this month – Reign of Assassins by co-producing and co-directing this fast-paced action thriller set in the Ming Dynasty. This is John Woo’s first new project since his US$80-million epic “Red Cliff”. Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh leads the cast of this upcoming Chinese ancient martial arts epic, together with Korean actor Jung Woo Sung, China actor Wang Xue Qi, Hong Kong actors Shawn Yue and Kelly Lin, and Taiwan stars Barbie Hsu and Chang Chen. The movie is set to be released on 28th SEPT 2010.

The world premiere of Reign of Assassins was already took place on the just passed Friday, 3rd SEPT during the 67th Venice International Film Festival (Out of Competition), 9:30PM at Sala Grande (Grand Hall, Palazzo del Cinema), following the award ceremony of the Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement to John Woo.
Synopsis: In ancient China, in a time of non-stop inter-clan warfare, Drizzle is the top assassin of a gang known as The Dark Stone. After a career of robbing and killing, she decides she wants to start a new life. As a gesture of atonement, she returns the remains of a mystical Buddhist monk to his tomb. It is rumored that the remains contain the secret to obtaining absolute power and whoever possesses them can control the martial arts world. In order to escape from The Dark Stone and rid her life of violence and bloodshed, Drizzle decides to undergo a drastic procedure to alter her appearance, to change her name to Zeng Jing, and to move to the Capital. Keeping a low-profile as a shopkeeper, she falls in love with and marries a messenger named Jiang Ah-Sheng. However, their peaceful life is soon disrupted when Zeng’s identity as Drizzle is unveiled in a dramatic fight and confrontation with her old gang, The Dark Stone. Amidst all the chaos and fighting, Jiang, her husband, reveals his true identity to her – he is the son of a government official that she murdered when she was still a member of The Dark Stone. Once both their identities are exposed, a lethal triangle in which allegiances are made and broken emerges between Drizzle, Jiang, and The Dark Stone, who will stop at nothing in their efforts to obtain the monk’s remains and rule the martial arts world.
This looks like a great movie to catch! Can’t wait to see Michelle Yeoh
I hope it has a good story flow~